1991 - Visits by
Foreign Leaders - Department History
Visits By Foreign Leaders in 1991
| Visitor | From | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| President Punsalmaagiyn Ochirbat | Mongolia | Official working visit. Private visit to New York City afterward. Arrived in U.S. Jan. 20; departed Jan. 26. | January 22–24, 1991 |
| Queen Margrethe II | Denmark | State Visit. Private visit to New York City afterward. | February 19–22, 1991 |
| President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo | Colombia | Official working visit. Afterwards visited Miami. | February 25–27, 1991 |
| President Lech Walesa | Poland | State Visit. Afterwards visited Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City. | March 19–22, 1991 |
| President Turgut Ozal | Turkey | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | March 23–25, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu | Japan | Informal meeting with President Bush in Newport Beach, Calif. | April 4, 1991 |
| President Carlos Salinas de Gortari | Mexico | Informal meeting with President Bush in Houston, Tex., while en route to Canada. | April 7, 1991 |
| President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro | Nicaragua | State Visit. Afterwards visited Miami. | April 15–18, 1991 |
| President Hassan Gouled Aptidon | Djibouti | Official working visit. | April 23–25, 1991 |
| President Carlos Andres Perez | Venezuela | Met with President Bush during a private visit. Later visited Houston, Tulsa, and Palo Alto (Calif.) | May 3, 1991 |
| President Paul Biya | Cameroon | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | May 6, 1991 |
| President Mauno H. Koivisto | Finland | Official working visit. | May 6–8, 1991 |
| President Francesco Cossiga and Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti | Italy | May 7, 1991 | |
| Queen Elizabeth II | United Kingdom | State Visit. Addressed Joint Meeting of Congress May 16. Later visited Miami, Tampa, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and Lexington (Ky.). | May 14–17, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Michael Manley | Jamaica | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | May 15, 1991 |
| Chancellor Helmut Kohl | Germany | Official Visit. | May 19–21, 1991 |
| President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera | Uruguay | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | May 20–21, 1991 |
| President Arpad Goncz | Hungary | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | May 23, 1991 |
| President George Vassiliou | Cyprus | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | May 29–30, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Aneerood Jugnauth | Mauritius | Official working visit. Private visit to New York afterward. | June 4–6, 1991 |
| President Alfredo Cristiani Buckard | El Salvador | State Visit. Afterwards visited Miami. | June 11–13, 1991 |
| President Fernando Collor de Mello | Brazil | State Visit. Afterwards visited New York City. | June 17–20, 1991 |
| President Roh Tae-woo | South Korea | State Visit. | July 1–3, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu | Japan | Informal meeting with President Bush at Kennebunkport, Me. | July 11, 1991 |
| President Robert Mugabe | Zimbabwe | Official working visit. | July 23–25, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Martin Brian Mulroney | Canada | Informal meeting with President Bush at Kennebunkport, Me. | August 26, 1991 |
| Prime Minister John Major | United Kingdom | Informal meeting with President Bush at Kennebunkport, Me. | August 28–29, 1991 |
| President Abdou Diouf | Senegal | State Visit. | September 9–12, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki | Poland | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | September 11, 1991 |
| Chancellor Helmut Kohl | Germany | Official working visit. | September 16, 1991 |
| President Alberto K. Fujimori | Peru | Official working visit. Private visit to New York City afterward. | September 16–19, 1991 |
| President Jose Eduardo dos Santos | Angola | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | September 16, 1991 |
| President Fernando Collor de Mello | Brazil | Met with President Bush while attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 23, 1991 |
| President Alfredo Cristiani Buckard | El Salvador | Met with President Bush while attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 23, 1991 |
| President Roh Tae-woo | Korea | Met with President Bush while attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 23, 1991 |
| Prime Minister David Oddsson | Iceland | Met with President Bush while attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 24, 1991 |
| President Amata Kabua | Marshall Islands | Met with President Bush while attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 24, 1991 |
| President Bailey Olter | Micronesia | Met with President Bush while attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 24, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland | Norway | Met with President Bush while attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 24, 1991 |
| President Carlos Andres Perez | Venezuela | Met with President Bush while attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 24, 1991 |
| President Elias Hrawi | Lebanon | Met with President Bush while attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 24, 1991 |
| King Hassan II | Morocco | Official visit. | September 26, 1991 |
| Amir Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah | Kuwait | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | October 1, 1991 |
| President Jorge Serrano Elias | Guatemala | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | October 2, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Jozsef Antall | Hungary | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | October 4, 1991 |
| President Vigdis Finbogadottir | Iceland | Attended symposium on explorations at the Smithsonian Institution, and commemoration of Viking explorers; met with President Bush Oct. 9. | October 8–9, 1991 |
| King Juan Carlos I | Spain | Opened the “Circa 1492” art exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. Addressed the Organization of American States. | October 8–10, 1991 |
| President Rafael Angel Calderon Fournier | Costa Rica | Official working visit. Afterwards visited Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. | October 9–12, 1991 |
| Chancellor Franz Vranitzky | Austria | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | October 10, 1991 |
| Emir Isa Bin Sulman | Bahrain | State visit. | October 15, 1991 |
| President Vaclav Havel | Czechoslovakia | State Visit. Private visit to Los Angeles afterwards. | October 21–24, 1991 |
| President Nicephore Soglo | Benin | Official Visit. | November 4–6, 1991 |
| President Carlos Saul Menem | Argentina | State Visit. | November 13–16, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir | Israel | Met with President Bush during a private visit. Arrived in the U.S. Nov. 15; departed Nov. 24. Also visited Baltimore, Los Angeles, Boston, and New York City. | November 21–22, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Andre Milongo | Congo, Republic of | Private visit. Met with President Bush Dec. 13. Arrived in the U.S. Dec. 8; departed Dec. 14. Also visited Atlanta. | December 8–14, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis | Greece | Official working visit. Later visited New York City. | December 11–13, 1991 |
| President Carlos Salinas de Gortari | Mexico | Met with President Bush during a private visit. Discussed North American Free Trade Agreement at Camp David, Md. | December 13–14, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Anan Panyarachun | Thailand | Official working visit. Later visited Los Angeles. | December 15–17, 1991 |